HNMS Bato

The dive site HNMS Bato is an inshore historical wreck in the Simon's Town area on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. S34°10.998’ E018°25.560’ - About 50 m offshore off the north end of Long Beach, Simon’s Town. This site is in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area since 2004. The wreck lies in shallow water (about 3.5 m) The area is fine sand with some low sandstone reef to the South. The wood structure of the wreck has become very overgrown over the years and is not easily recognisable over large areas The wreck lies approximately parallel to the shoreline. The centreline of the debris field is nearly North/South True, from S34°11.012’ E018°25.558’ to S34°10.985’ E018°25.561’, It is about 50 m long, 8 m wide and it extends over an area of about 400 m2. Protected area, but shallow.